agents.anac.y2010.Southampton.similarity
Class SimilarityAgent

java.lang.Object
  negotiator.Agent
      agents.anac.y2010.Southampton.SouthamptonAgent
          agents.anac.y2010.Southampton.similarity.SimilarityAgent

Direct Known Subclasses:

VariableConcessionSimilarityAgent

public abstract class SimilarityAgent
extends SouthamptonAgent

Field Summary

protected java.util.ArrayList<Pair<java.lang.Double,java.lang.Double>>	bestOpponentBidUtilityHistory The best bids (in terms of our utility) that we have seen from the opponent.
protected double	utility0 The utility (to us) of the first bid made by the opponent.
protected double	utility1 The expected utility (to us) of the final bid made by the opponent.

Fields inherited from class agents.anac.y2010.Southampton.SouthamptonAgent

acceptMultiplier, bidSpace, MAXIMUM_ASPIRATION, myLastAction, myLastBid, myPreviousBids, opponentBids, opponentIsHardHead, opponentModel, opponentPreviousBid

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

SimilarityAgent()

Method Summary

protected Bid	getRandomBidInRange(double lowerBound, double upperBound) Get a random bid in a given utility range.
protected abstract double	getTargetUtility(double myUtility, double opponentUtility)
static java.lang.String	getVersion()
void	init() This method is called by the protocol every time before starting a new session after the internalInit method is called.
protected Bid	proposeInitialBid() Propose the initial bid.
protected Bid	proposeNextBid(Bid opponentBid) Propose the next bid.

Methods inherited from class agents.anac.y2010.Southampton.SouthamptonAgent

chooseAction, finalize, getAgentNo, log, ReceiveMessage

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

endSession, getAgentID, getName, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUniqueIdentifier, getUtility, internalInit, isUIAgent, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

bestOpponentBidUtilityHistory

protected java.util.ArrayList<Pair<java.lang.Double,java.lang.Double>> bestOpponentBidUtilityHistory

The best bids (in terms of our utility) that we have seen from the opponent.

utility0

protected double utility0

The utility (to us) of the first bid made by the opponent.

utility1

protected final double utility1

The expected utility (to us) of the final bid made by the opponent.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SimilarityAgent

public SimilarityAgent()

Method Detail

init

public void init()

Description copied from class: Agent

This method is called by the protocol every time before starting a new session after the internalInit method is called. User can override this method.

Overrides:

init in class SouthamptonAgent

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

proposeInitialBid

protected Bid proposeInitialBid()

Description copied from class: SouthamptonAgent

Propose the initial bid.

Specified by:

proposeInitialBid in class SouthamptonAgent

Returns:

The action to be bid.

proposeNextBid

protected Bid proposeNextBid(Bid opponentBid)

Description copied from class: SouthamptonAgent

Propose the next bid.

Specified by:

proposeNextBid in class SouthamptonAgent

Parameters:

opponentBid - The bid that has just been made by the opponent.

Returns:

The action to be bid.

getTargetUtility

protected abstract double getTargetUtility(double myUtility,
                                           double opponentUtility)

getRandomBidInRange

protected Bid getRandomBidInRange(double lowerBound,
                                  double upperBound)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: SouthamptonAgent

Get a random bid in a given utility range.

Overrides:

getRandomBidInRange in class SouthamptonAgent

Parameters:

lowerBound - The lower bound on utility.

upperBound - The upper bound on utility.

Returns:

a random bid in a given utility range.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception